{"59868":{"#nid":"59868","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Todd wins Allen Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article was originally published in \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/strong\u003E on Friday, March 19, 2010.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe legacy of the late Ivan Allen Jr. lives on. On his birthday, March 15, the Ivan Allen College\u0026nbsp; of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech held the 10th annual Founder\u2019s Day luncheon when it awarded William J. Todd, the 2010 recipient of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service. Todd is president of the Georgia Cancer Coalition, and he has spent 38 years involved in health care and technology development in metro Atlanta. Todd, an alumnus of Georgia Tech (1971), also is immediate past chair of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis will be the last Prize for Progress and Service that the college will award because Georgia Tech is enhancing its identification with the late Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarting in 2011, Georgia Tech will launch the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage. The new prize will recognize an individual who has demonstrated moral and ethical courage consistent with Mayor Allen\u2019s values.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe international prize, which is being endowed with a $2 million gift from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation, will include a $100,000 monetary stipend.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring the Founder\u2019s Day lunch, Todd spent most of his talk describing the leadership that\u0026nbsp; Mayor Ivan Allen displayed during the 1960s, when he was a progressive voice in the South who supported integration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETodd also responded to Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson\u2019s challenge to imagine what the university could look like in 2035. Todd said he would want Georgia Tech to \u201ccreate a leadership initiative\u201d that would have a \u201cprofound and lasting impact on our nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe legacy of the late Ivan Allen Jr. lives on. On his birthday, March 15, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech held the 10th annual Founder\u2019s Day luncheon when it awarded William J. Todd, the 2010 recipient of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The legacy of the late Ivan Allen Jr. lives on. On his birthday, March 15, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech held the 10th annual Founder\u2019s Day luncheon when it awarded William J. Todd, the 2010 recipient of the Ivan Allen Jr. Pr"}],"uid":"27377","created_gmt":"2010-06-29 14:15:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:59","author":"Chris Gonzalez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"58132","name":"Ivan Allen Prize"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"8985","name":"Bill Todd"},{"id":"10214","name":"Ivan Allen Jr."},{"id":"10215","name":"William Todd"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}